Automotive Job Trends in London

Automotive
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 371 323
Rank change year-on-year +86 -48 +75
Permanent jobs citing Automotive 89 57 120
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.63% 0.37% 0.66%
As % of the General category 0.94% 0.50% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 37 40 87
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £35,250
25th Percentile - £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -27.27% +32.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,563 £92,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £85,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £48,720 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.27% +4.55% -

All General Skills
London

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,478 11,387 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.21% 73.40% 65.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,821 6,067 9,286
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.24%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Automotive
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Automotive relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Automotive job vacancy trend in London

Automotive
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automotive.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Automotive

Automotive
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Automotive in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Automotive in London

Automotive
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automotive within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +33 6 £65,000 - 7
North London - 1 £52,500 -
South London - 1 - - 4
Automotive
England

Automotive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Maya
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (10.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (8.99%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.24%) Azure
2 9 (10.11%) AWS
2 9 (10.11%) GCP
3 8 (8.99%) SaaS
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.12%) GitHub
4 1 (1.12%) Google Gemini
4 1 (1.12%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (7.87%) SAP BW
3 6 (6.74%) MariaDB
3 6 (6.74%) MySQL
4 2 (2.25%) Tableau
5 1 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (1.12%) Power BI
5 1 (1.12%) Power Query
5 1 (1.12%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 34 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.83%) Finance
3 22 (24.72%) Aerospace
4 18 (20.22%) Marketing
5 13 (14.61%) Electronics
6 12 (13.48%) Retail
7 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (10.11%) Manufacturing
8 8 (8.99%) Banking
9 7 (7.87%) Games
9 7 (7.87%) Law
9 7 (7.87%) Telecoms
10 5 (5.62%) French Language
10 5 (5.62%) German Language
11 4 (4.49%) Aeronautics
12 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (32.58%) Senior
2 17 (19.10%) Senior Manager
3 9 (10.11%) Account Manager
4 8 (8.99%) Architect
4 8 (8.99%) SAP Architect
5 7 (7.87%) Insight Manager
5 7 (7.87%) IT Architect
5 7 (7.87%) SAP Functional Architect
5 7 (7.87%) Senior Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (6.74%) Technical Support
6 6 (6.74%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.49%) Risk Manager
7 4 (4.49%) Sales Manager
7 4 (4.49%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) Middleware
2 1 (1.12%) .NET
2 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.12%) Django
2 1 (1.12%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.12%) Flask
2 1 (1.12%) Grok
2 1 (1.12%) React
2 1 (1.12%) REST
2 1 (1.12%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Life Science
2 7 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.87%) PMI
2 7 (7.87%) Reinsurance
2 7 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.49%) Social Media
5 3 (3.37%) FMCG
6 2 (2.25%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.21%) Analytics
2 24 (26.97%) Agile
3 20 (22.47%) Business Development
4 17 (19.10%) Mentoring
5 15 (16.85%) Computer Science
6 14 (15.73%) Coaching
7 13 (14.61%) Architectural Design
7 13 (14.61%) Creative Thinking
8 11 (12.36%) Business Strategy
8 11 (12.36%) Cost Reduction
9 8 (8.99%) AI
9 8 (8.99%) ERP
9 8 (8.99%) Roadmaps
10 7 (7.87%) Asset Management
10 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (7.87%) Due Diligence
10 7 (7.87%) Project Delivery
10 7 (7.87%) Project Management
10 7 (7.87%) Risk Management
10 7 (7.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) SQL
2 6 (6.74%) PHP
3 4 (4.49%) C++
4 1 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.12%) Python
4 1 (1.12%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (16.85%) Degree
1 15 (16.85%) Master's Degree
2 13 (14.61%) PhD
3 7 (7.87%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.12%) MCSE
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.74%) SLA
2 3 (3.37%) QA
3 2 (2.25%) EU AI Act
3 2 (2.25%) ISO 26262
4 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (10.11%) SAP
2 8 (8.99%) Ariba
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft